New Ulm weekly review., 1887-03-09
jector this article is TO give in detail as far

jector this article is TO give in detail as far
as possible the purport of these bulls
High license is lawifor two years at
least-the figures being $1,000 and $500.
bidding all gaming in saloons; the penalty
bill for sblind pigs, which provides for pun
lshment and imprisonment; and the penalty
bill for the enforcement of high license.
which requires saloonkeepers to give
bonds, and provides punishment for
omclafs who do NOT enforce the law
The penalties are severe. This covers the
temperance legislation of the session. The
railroad legislation secured by MIR. Donnelly,
and the grain laws championed by Mr. Matt
son. practically carry out the recommenda-
tions of the board of railroad commissioners
made in their last annual report, and need
no detailed analysis here Constitutional
amendments must now be published
throughout the papers of the state before
they are voted upon, and telegraph COM
panles are taxed upon their gross earnings
The old-fashioned libel law is abolished. and
new one requiring papers to be given time
for retraction before sued is substituted.
Foreign insurance companies now attempt
ing to do business III the state without com
plying with the state law are to be prose
cuted by the state insurance commissioner,
a fine of $1,000, half of which
goes to the commissioner Undertakers
and their assistants will no longer have to
perform jury duty, nor will postmasters and
thelr assistants. Thanks to a strong public
sentlment IN that direction and the inde-
fatlgabie labofs of Mr. Freeman of Stearns,
che new state prison at ST Cloud is to be a
retormatory, under the control of board of
SIX managers, who are to be Gordon E. Cole,
John Cooper, R. A. Smith, H. s. Griswold, F.
II. Barrett and G.: W. Holland. Their term
IS limited to six years, and they are appointed
by the governor. Only persons between six
teen and thirty years of age can be sentenced
there, and no fixed term of imprisonment
can be put upon persons sent there Fifty
Thousand dollars year is appropriated for
the support OF the Institution. The owner
snip OF LAND IN Minnesota is restr. cted to
citizens of the United States, and cor
porations are limited as to the
amount of land that they can own.
insane women going to hospitals must now
have personal attendants with them. An
experimental fruit farm is established. as
also bureau OF labor statistics The state
'Doard OF immigration is wholly abolished
Police and fire department relief associa-
tlons are exempted from garnishee now.
Ihe insane are granted postal rights, and
'Gne legal status of married women defined
Lhe abstractof the tax laws passed cannot
ne. De pupil published yet, owing to difficulty in
secretary of state. The oleomargarine laws
are reinforced with additions for their better
enforcement A state board of charities
ana corrections is established, and will go
into operation this year. These cover the
main points of the general laws
MEMORIALS.
Ihlrteeu memorials We're passed to be sent
to congress, the most important being the
endorsement OF the national Interstate COM
merce law. One hundred and one amend
ments to city charters were passed also. In
the special laws passed the public measures
are those which authorize Typographical
survey In the upper Red river valley, and
provide minimum bounty on blackbirds
and gophers destroyed The new system of
temperance hyg1enic instruction in the pub
nc schools also goes into effect this year
Inc state agricultural society is reorganized
and farmers institutes for each county of
the state created Telephone companies
must pay taxes. The railroad commission
CTS are given control over railroad cars so as
to exclude stove heat from them and
to substitute newer and more safe systems
Farmers are forbidden to mortgage their
crops hereafter until the seed is sown. The
minimum limit of age at which children can
be admitted to public schools is now six
years Female clerks in stores can here
after compel their employers to furnish them
with seats One of the best measures put
through is that of Mr.. Flynn relating to
common schools and by which tax of one
mill is levied upon the state to create fund
Tor their support A state soldiers home
Will be commenced this year. The question
OF annual or biennial sessions of the legis-
lature goes now to the people, to be voted
upon in 1883. Aside from these bills are
those relating to elections, terms of court
appropriations, corporation matters. county
officers etc, all of which are private